Comments on: In the ghetto of self-righteousness and self-pityhttp://972mag.com/in-the-ghetto-of-self-righteousness-and-self-pity/56522/
Independent commentary and news from Israel & PalestineTue, 03 Mar 2015 21:55:15 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8By: Marelihttp://972mag.com/in-the-ghetto-of-self-righteousness-and-self-pity/56522/comment-page-1/#comment-99898
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:10:53 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-99898I wish the things said about the Islamists were as false as the lies that were told about the Jews. Sadly, although Jews did not poison wells or use the blood of Christian children to make matzos, the Muslim fanatics really do stone women, burn churches, and prosecute people for blasphemy. Even though most people who call themselves Muslim are not fanatics any more than all Christians are like Pat Robertson, too many Muslims are subjected to the rule of people who are fanatics.
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Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:42:32 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-79033Yes, Israel wants to accept money from those donations interested in building up the country and its economy and reject those donations that are interested in tearing it down.

On a more practical level much of the donations for the Israeli anti-Israeli NGO complex doesn’t come from the NIF, but from European governmental organizations. Feel free to browse the NGO Monitor reports on your favorite NGO. NGO Monitor might be right-wing, but I have yet to see any credible challenge to the veracity of their reports on the funding sources of Israeli NGOs.

The NIF’s role in this is also despicable. Rather than promoting a better Israel their donations promote organizations that operate internationally as anti-Israel propagandists while stoking up every possible form of sectoral divisions within Israel.

“Some Iranians say foolish things” is a great way to describe a President shouting “Death to Israel” to a frantic crowd.

Please note that two of the movies are more than 5 years old and one is only 4 years old. The current status with Iran is not that old. We in Israel are used to hearing “Death to Israel \ Jews \ Zionists” from our neighbors (and the left explaining how it is really a call for peace) and we don’t take that too seriously. But hearing something like that from a leader of a country with aspirations to have nuclear weapons is something entirely different.

Greg –
While Israel Hayom does support Bibi, the support does not spread to the entire right ideology. I can hardly describe it as a right-wing newspaper. But let’s assume it is. Every other major newspaper, news website, TV news and shows are totally dominated by the left. Let me explain – I do not claim the political left controls them. No. All I say is that all key positions – writers, editors, anchors, broadcasters – are taken by people with a clear left political view. That would have been OK if they had the ability to separate their views from their work. They don’t. They push it in your face in a hundred different ways. Every day. You have to learn to read between the lines to get a glimpse of the truth.

Another thing – versions Yediot Ahrnonot and Jerusalem post (in Hebrew) are also distributed for FREE.

Please try to address the issues I’ve written or acknowledge the fact that you don’t understand enough of what’s going on in Israel.

I personally don’t have anything against 972Mag or other more extreme sites (like http://hagada.org.il/). Reading opinions similar to mine is boring and the existence of these sites proves that I still live in a free country.

]]>By: Bluegrass Picker of Afulahttp://972mag.com/in-the-ghetto-of-self-righteousness-and-self-pity/56522/comment-page-1/#comment-78695
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:39:23 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-78695>> You do NOT want to block foreign funds in principle, but merely to silence speech you dislike

Yes! and that’s normal politics everywhere in the world.

Can’t take the heat, Greg? Get out of the kitchen and go back to your kumbaya circles at an Occupy meetup.

PS: We’re still waiting to hear whose destroyed village your house is built on!!

]]>By: Greg Pollockhttp://972mag.com/in-the-ghetto-of-self-righteousness-and-self-pity/56522/comment-page-1/#comment-78676
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:11:58 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-78676“dominated by the left,” K9? Hardly. The Israeli paper with largest circulation is distributed for FREE and endorses Bibi’s policy. You are winning, K9. Why are you then so afraid of little +972?
]]>By: Greg Pollockhttp://972mag.com/in-the-ghetto-of-self-righteousness-and-self-pity/56522/comment-page-1/#comment-78674
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:06:49 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-78674Calls to cease private funding are one thing; State barriors to outside funding based on speech is another. You need to shut down the people at +972. What have they done to cause such fear?
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Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:04:01 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-78673From Gorenberg’s “Unmaking of Israel”: “Israeli law already required nonprofit organizations to submit detailed financial reports to the state’s Registrar of NPOs, which makes those reports public. So the parliamentary efforts to ‘reveal’ their funding sources were pure theater.” p. 217 You do not want to stop all external money, only that you disagree with, claiming it endangers the State. You want to silence those in your own land. You are on the way to creating a category of race traitor.
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Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:52:13 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-78669K9, the Diaspora sends money to organizations in Israel constantly. The NIF likely gets money from some among the Diaspora, among others. Fundamental Christians (one I think is called “GODTV” or something) provides money for the creation of forests in land cleaned of prior residents. You want to take the money of the Diaspora when you agree with the aims, but otherwise not. And you will take the money of people who think, if you do not change your mind, you will be going to hell. You do NOT want to block foreign funds in principle, but merely to silence speech you dislike. This is McCarthyism.
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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:32:44 +0000http://972mag.com/?p=56522#comment-78631Keep making my point, I’m off to bed. Some of us have work in the morning. Sadly.
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